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Habeas petitions described a broad range of carceral, institutional, and interpersonal confinement over the long nineteenth century, including those used to demand due process, resist enslavement, challenge child removal and reservation confinement, avoid deportation, present child custody claims and protest child marriage, and to challenge institutionalization and detention in private and state institutions. As a legal mechanism borrowed from British common law and guaranteed as a civil right in US federal and state constitutions, habeas provides a lens on a diverse community of legal actors.
Our encoding practice allows us to identify petitions in these three categories and to indicate where those categories overlap. In addition to these three general categories, our team has identified the specific carceral charge being challenged as well as the particular forms of institutional and interpersonal confinements being questioned.
You may also browse or search petitions by location and/or jurisdiction to learn more about the myriad complaints petitioners brought before judges in Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington between 1812 and 1924. Each case entry includes a full citation, a summary, links to people with a role in the case, a list of other people named, and any sites of significance. Visitors wanting access to full case files can contact the cited repository for information about obtaining copies. Those without institutional affiliations may request image scans from Dr. Jagodinsky directly. The Glossary defines the attributes used to structure data from the habeas petitions. The Code Book explains the relational structure of the data and functionality of the database website.
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Petition Type
- Carceral 155
- Institutional 17
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Petition Subtype
- Carceral: immigration 76
- Carceral: public charge 21
- Carceral: prostitution 18
- Carceral: Violation of Immigration Act of 1917 14
- Carceral: advocating or teaching the unlawful destruction of property 11
- Carceral 6
- Carceral: first degree murder 6
- Carceral: deportation 5
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 5
- Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term 5
- Institutional: seeking exemption from draft 5
- Carceral: drug use 4
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- carceral: Violation of White Slave Traffic Act 4
- carceral: moral turpitude 3
- Carceral: smuggling 3
- Institutional: immigration 3
- carceral: advocating for unlawful destruction of property 2
- carceral: advocating or teaching anarchy 2
- Carceral: cause unspecified 2
- Carceral: embezzlement 2
- Carceral: fraud 2
- Carceral: grand larceny 2
- Carceral: practising dentistry without a license 2
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 2
- Institutional: child custody 2
- Institutional: underage military enlistment 2
- Interpersonal: child custody 2
- carceral: advocating for unlawful destruction 1
- Carceral: advocating for unlawful distruction of property 1
- carceral: advocating or teaching destruction 1
- Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to kill 1
- carceral: attempted escape from prison 1
- Carceral: attempted murder 1
- Carceral: attempting to enter the United States from a foreign country without a passport 1
- Carceral: Barbering on Sunday 1
- Carceral: barbering without a license or certificate 1
- Carceral: Chinese Exclusion Act 1
- Carceral: conspiracy 1
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- Carceral: conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act 1
- Carceral: contempt of court 1
- Carceral: desertion 1
- carceral: detaining, delaying, and embezzling mail matter 1
- carceral: employing females in a place where intoxicating liquors are sold 1
- Carceral: espionage act 1
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- Carceral: murder 1
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- carceral: obtaining passport under false pretenses 1
- carceral: parole violation 1
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- carceral: selling and furnishing cigarettes 1
- carceral: selling liquor to Indians 1
- Carceral: selling trade stamps without a licence 1
- carceral: subornation of perjury 1
- Carceral: suspicion of draft evasion 1
- Carceral: tampering with witness(es) 1
- carceral: threatening violence 1
- Carceral: treason 1
- Carceral: unlawful possession and transport of intoxicating liquor 1
- Carceral: unlawfully and fraudulently uttering a forged document 1
- Carceral: violation of city ordinance 1
- Carceral: violation of liquor law(s) 1
- Carceral: violation of Mann Act/White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 1
- Institutional: conscription 1
Petition Outcome
- Writ Allowed 56
- Writ Denied 50
- Unknown 31
- Writ Dismissed 23
- Petition Denied 6
- Petition Withdrawn 2
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 142
- Unindicated 2
- Female 24
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 129
- Unindicated 27
- Minor 10
Court Name
- Us District Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 126
- Us Circuit Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 17
- Us District Court For The Northern District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 11
- Us Circuit Court For The Ninth District Washington (Seattle Washington) 10
- United States District Court Western District Of Washington Northern Division (Walla Walla Washington) 5
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit (Seattle Washington) 5
- The Superior Court Of The State Of Washington For King County (Seattle Washington) 3
- District Court For The Territory Of Alaska Fourth Judicial District (Fairbanks Alaska) 1
Points of Law Cited
- Immigration Act Of February 5 1917 11
- Us Const Amend V 9
- Section 3 Of The Act Of Congress Of March 26th 1910 An Act To Amend An Act Entitled An Act To Regulate The Immigration Of Aliens Into The United States 3
- 32 L R A 659 1
- 32 Pac 197 1
- 95 A S R 29 1
- Ex Parte Cox 3 Idaho 530 1
- Geary Act 1892 2
- Mann Act 2
- Weems V United States 217 Us 349 1
- No Label 1
- 10 Ann Cas 509 1
- 1429 Of Hill's Code 1
- 14th Amendment Section 1 1
- 14th Amendment To Constitution 1
- 16 Am Rep 1 8 R C L Sec 258 Page 283 1
- 17 Am Rep 42 1
- 19 Am Dec 546 1
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- 1917 Immigration Act 1
- 2 Ne 29 Commonwealth V Emerson 165 Mass 146 Common V Sisson 60 Ne 385 City Of Chicago V Netcher 183 Ill 104 1
- 20 Ann Cas 472 1
- 21 A E Page 1075 Note 4 1
- 28 Stat 390 Way Tai 96 Fed 484 Section 25 Of The Immigration Act Of February 20 1907 (Stat Pp 898 906) Section 179 Rs Us Executive Order (No 1783) In Re Tsuie Shee Et Al Brooke V Covinggrove 177 Us 459 Gody V Pentland 85 Pa 22 U S V Williams 190 Fed 898 4 Stat L 197 1
- 32 Law Edition 274 Ex Parte Nielsen 131 U S 176 33 L Ed 118 Ex Parte Lange 85 U S 163 21 Law Ed 872 Ex Parte Siebold 100 U S 371 25 Law Edition 717 37 Texas Criminal Reports 62 Section 37 Of The Penal Code Section 138 Of The Penal Code Section 215 Of The Criminal Code Wharton Second Criminal Law Sec 1339 Re Eckart 166 U S 481 41 L Ed 1085 1
- 34 Lra 509 1
- 40 Am Rep 694 1
- 42 L R A (Ns) 390 1
- 43 N E 624 Eden V People 160 Ill 296 1
- 43 Ne 1108 Bailey V People 109 Ill 28 1
- 43 Ne 1108 Exparte Frank 52 Cal 606 (28 Am Rep) Huzo V San Francisco 33 Cal 143 Argenti V San Francisco 16 Cal 282 Wallace V San Jose 29 Cal 180 Dillon On Mun Corp Sec 55 Et Seq Fleetwood V Read 21 Washington P 547 Pierce's Code Section 3732 Pg 596 1
- 44 Atl 125 1
- 48 L R A 261 1
- 49 L R A 181 1
- 5 Ne 707 State Of Missouri Ex Rel Wyatt V Ashbrook 48 L R A 265 State Of Rhode Island V Dalton 48 L R A 775 Long V State Of Maryland 12 L R A 425 Stockton Laundry Case In Re Tie Loy (C C Cal) 26 Fed Rep 611 Sam Kee 31 Fed 680 1
- 54 A S R 335 1
- 54 L R A 838 1
- 57 N E 41 Exparte Mckenna 126 Cal 429 1
- 57 Pac 484 1
- 58 Pac Rep 916 City Of Tacoma V Krech 15 W 296 Covington L Turnpike Road Co V Sandford 164 U S 578 1
- 60 Ne 98 Railroad Company V Husen 95 Us 465 St Louis Ry Co V Gill 156 U S 649 1
- 623 Mugler V Kansas 123 U S 661 Exparte Leo Jentzsch 32 L R A 664 Eden V People 161 Ill 296 1
- 67 Pac 327 1
- 7 L R A (N S) 125 1
- 7 L R A (Ns) 126 1
- 7 L R A (Ns) 127 1
- 7 L R A (Ns) 128 1
- 7 Ne 631 Munn V Illinois 94 U S 113 Shaver V Pennsylvania Co 71 Fed 931 86 Ohio Laws P 149 Re Wiltshire 103 Fed 620 1
- 83 A S R 568 1
- 87 A S R 105 1
- 9 L R A (Ns) 1043 1
- 92 Ne 607 1
- A Writ Of Habeas Corpus Is Not Designed To Discharge The Same Functions As A Writ Of Prohibition 1
- Act Of Congress Approved December 17 1914 Forma Pauperis Act Of June 25th 1910 (36 Stat 886) 1
- Act Of Congress Approved February 20 1907 Amended By The Act Approved March 26th 1910 White Slave Traffic Act An Act To Regulate The Immigration Of Aliens Into The United States Approved March 3 1903 1
- Act Of Congress Approved February 20th 1907 1
- Act Of Congress Approved June 21 1902 And Amended April 27 1906 (Vol 6 Fed Stat Ann P 41 And Supp 1909 P 529) Sec 150 Penal Code 1
- Act Of Congress Approved June 21 1902 And Amended April 27 1906 (Vol 6 Fed Stat Ann P 41 And Supp 1909 P 529) Sec 9 Act Of Sept 13 1888 Sec 8 Act Of Feb 20 1907 Sec 2 Act Of June 24 1902 1
- Act Of Congress Approved June 21 1902 Sec 1 2 And Amendment Of April 27 1906 Act Of Congress Approved June 21 1910 National Banking Act An Act To Parle United States Prisoners And For Other Purposes Approved June 25 1910 Sec 210 Sec 4 Of The Act Of March 3 1891 Federal Statutes Vol 6 Sec 40 1
- Act Of Congress Approved June 21 1902 Sec 1 2 And Amendment Of April 27 1906 Act Of Congress Approved June 25 1910 Sec 210 Parole Law (Vol 1 Supp 1912 Fed Stat Ann P 304) Commutation Law (Vol 6 Fed Stat Ann P 41 As Amended April 27 1906 Supp 1909 P 529) Section 3 6 10 Of The Parole Act National Banking Act 1
- Act Of Congress Approved June 21st 1902 1
- Act Of Congress Of August 24 1912 1
- Act Of Congress Of June 25 1910 Chap 395 Sec 2 Sec 3 White Slave Act 1
- Act Of Congress Of March 26th 1910 1
- Act Of February 20 1907 As Amended By Act Of March 26 1910 Sections 20 21 And 22 1
- Act Of February 5 1917 Chin Yow V Us208 Us 8 Us V Ju Toy 198 Us 253 Ex Parte Moola Singh 207 Fed 780 Lapina V Williams 232 Us 78 Frick V Lewis 195 Fed 693 Sinincalchi V Thomas 195 Fed 701 Subdivision 4 Rule 23 Of The Immigration Rules 1
- Act Of Jan 15 1897 1
- Act Of March 3 1885 1
- Act Of The Legislature Of The State Of Washington Approved March 8 1901 As Appears On Page 100 Of The Laws Of Washington Of 1901 (Death Penalty Procedure Law Otherwise Known As The Rand Law) 1
- Allen V Meter 1 Alaska Rp 114 1
- An Act Relating To The Issuance Of The Death Warrant The Contents Thereof The Return Of Same Fixing The Place Of Executions Providing For The Safe Custody Of The Condemned Defining The Duties Of The Superintendent Of The State Penitentiary The Sheriff And The Clerk In Relation To Said Warrant Repealing All Acts Or Parts Of Acts Inconsistent Herewith Excepting As To Acts Done And Crimes Committed Prior To The Taking Effect Of This Act (S B No 4 June 12 1901) 1
- An Act To Regulate Commutation For Good Conduct For United States Prisoners (32 Us Stats 397 1
- Angelus V Sullivan Et Al Us Circuit Court Of Appeals For The Second Circuit 1
- Ann Cas 1913e 1250 1
- Application Of Victor Larrucea For A Writ Of Habeas Corpus Before The District Court Of The Us In For The Southern District Of California Southern Division 1
- Article 1 Section 8 Us Constitution 1
- Article 5 And 14 Of The Amendments To The Constitution Of The United States Section 766 Of The Revised Statutes In Re Jugiro 140 United States 295 In Re M Kane 61 Fed 205 Section 766 Of The Revised Statutes 1
- Article 5 Of The Constitution 2363 Rem Bal Code 52 Rem Bal Code State V Petit 74 Wash 510 State V Gaul 55 Wash 295 State V Petit 74 Wash 510 State V Gaul 44 Wash 295 State V Surry 23 Wash 655 State V Bringgold 40 Wash 12 State V Ewing 67 Wash 395 1
- Article 6 And 14 Of The Us Constitution 1
- Article 6 Article 14 Of Us Constitution Re Jugiro 140 Us 295 In Re M'kane 61 Fed 205 1
- Ballingers Annotated Codes And Statutes Of Washington Sections 6993 6994 And 6995 1
- Bell Vs State 48 Ala 684 1
- Blitz V United States 38 L Ed 725 1
- Book 39 L R A 567 People Ex Rel Madden V Dycker 76 N Y Supp't 111 Ruhstrat V People 185 Ill 133 1
- Book 41 Lcp Co 560 Bessette V People (Ill) 62 Ne 215 Millett V People 117 Ill 294 1
- Bottlier V Donseuguey 130 Us 238 1
- Boyce V Tabb 18 Wall 547 21 757 1
- Brooklyn City Etc Rr Co V Nat Bank Of Republic 102 Us 14 2662 1
- Burton Vs Burton 1st Keyes 359 1
- Carpenter V Providence Washington Insurance Co 16 Pet 495 10 1044 1
- Carroll V Carroll 16 How 275 14 936 Louisville Nrr Co V Palmes 169 Us 244 27922 Wright V Nagle 101 Us 791 25 921 Jefferson Branch Bank V Skelly 1 Black 436 17 173 Yick Wo V Hopkins 118 Us 356 30 220 Olcott V Fond Du Lac County 16 Wall 678 21 382 State V Mitchell 53 Atl 887 City Of Springfield V Jacobs 73 S W Rep 1097 Gast V Buckley 64 S W Rep 632 Thurlow Medical Company V City Of Salem Nj 50 Atl 475 State (Margalies Prosecutor) V City Of Atlantic City Nj 50 Atl 367 People V Gillson 109 N Y 390 People V Gillson 17 N Y 343 New York Acts C 691 1887 Amendatory Of Pen Code 335a People V Marx 99 N Y 377 1
- Ch Clxxii Of The Session 1901 Laws Of The State Of Washington Minnesota Barber Law Ex Parte Cox 63 Cal 21 Weyth Vs Board Of Health 200 Mass 474 86 N E 925 Wragg Vs Griffin (Iowa) 170 N W 400 State Vs Smith 42 Wash 237 State Vs Walker 48 Wash 8 State Ex Rel Richey Vs Smith 42 Wash 237249 Yick Wo Vs Woo Lee 118 Us 356 In Re Wilshire 103 Fed 622 Mim Breneny Co Vs Mcculivers 104 Fed 258 State V Sharpless (31 Wash 191) State V Walker (48 Wash 8) Grainger V Douglas Park Jockey Club 148 Federal Rep 512 State V Zeno 81 Nw 748 48 L R A 88 Ex Parte Lucas In State Ex Rel Richey V Smith (42 Wash 237) 1
- Chicago V Robbin 2 Black 418 17 298 1
- Chin Yow V United States 208 Us 8 52 L Ed 369 1
- Chin Yow V Us 208 Us 1
- Chin Yow V Us 208 Us 8 1
- Chin Yow Vs United States 208 Us P 8 1
- Church On Habeas (2nd Ed) 480 1
- City Of Seattle Ordinance 6036 Tj Fleetwood V Read 21 Wash Page 547 Wc Stull V Jp Demattos Et Al 23 Wash Page 71 City Of Seattle V R W Barto 31 Wash Page 141 Venice V Murdock 92 Us 494 23 583 1
- Commonwealth V Lockwood 109 Mass 1
People
- White Henry M 53
- Neterer Jeremiah 70
- Cushman Edward E 57
- Crosby Frank L (Clerk) 49
- Halligan O P 19
- Saunders Robert C 30
- Hanford Cornelius Holgate 31
- Boyle John M (Us Marshal) 26
- Allen Clay 22
- Fishburne George P 20
- Debruler Ellis 9
- Pierce Ralph S 18
- Vanderveer George F (George T Vanderveer) 18
- Lynch Thomas W 6
- Moore Ben L 11
- Harshberger F M (Deputy) 14
- Weedin Luther 6
- Harshberger F M (Clerk) 13
- Revelle Thomas P 13
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- Martin Winter S 11
- Moore A N (Deputy Clerk) 11
- Drake James C 4
- Moodie Albert 10
- Moyer William H 4
- Sargeant John H (Sargent) 5
- Wilson William B 9
- No Label 1
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- Kolmitz Charlotte M 7
- Sullivan John J 8
- Ellington E C (Deputy Clerk) 7
- Hopkins Charles B 3
- Todd Elmer E 7
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- Capers Robert E 4
- Drake James C (Clerk) 6
- Heuly Neil O (Notary Public) 6
- Hodge Robert T 2
- Hopkins P M (Deputy Clerk) 6
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- Hopkins Rm (Deputy Clerk) 6
- Hutson Charles T 6
- Jacoby Joseph R H 3
- Kiefer James 6
- Marcil James A (Marcel) 2
- Smith L C 2
- Walthew H M (Deputy Clerk) 6
- White Edward D (Edward Douglas) 5
- Bell William R 4
- Brockway Earl B 4
- Densmore J B 5
- Donworth George H 5
- Faulkner Judson F 5
- Fisher Thomas M 3
- Folsom Jr H D 3
- Gordon M J 5
- Leitch Se (Deputy) 5
- Lewis James Hamilton 5
- Moore An (Deputy Clerk) 4
- Nordstrom Charles W 3
- Riddell C F 5
- Sullivan John M 3
- Wright B O (Deputy Clerk) 5
- Allen Frank Jr (Deputy) 4
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- Cable Benjamin S 4
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- Fisher Thomas (Inspector Of Immigration) 4
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167 results
Download JSON Download CSVIn the Matter of the Application of Henry Craemer for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 23, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Wah Ni for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 11, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | deported
In the Matter of the Application of Albert Friedrich for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 17, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Soo Hoo Wing for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 3, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: prostitution
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Order of discharge | released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Moy Wah for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 22, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Moy Chong for a Writ of Habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: March 10, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of M.L. Coovert for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 6, 1893
- Petition type(s): carceral: selling and furnishing cigarettes
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In re application of John McKinnon for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: August 13, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Adolph Krug for writ of habeas corpus and release
- Earliest record date: October 23, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement
- Petition outcome: Petition denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Charles W. Nordstrom for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 20, 1897
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | deceased
In the Matter of the Application of John Leonard for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 29, 1896
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of John W. Considine for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 24, 1895
- Petition type(s): carceral: employing females in a place where intoxicating liquors are sold
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In re: The application of Antwine Michel for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: January 12, 1898
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown | custody transferred to third party
In the matter of the application of Pat Burns for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Relief thereon.
- Earliest record date: July 12, 1898
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Salfest A. Sylvester for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 26, 1898
- Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement | Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | unknown
In the Matter of the Application of George Webster for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 13, 1897
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Charles W. Nordstrom for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 27, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In Re: Petition of Charles W. Nordstrom for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 25, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Petition denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | deceased
In Re: F. S. Walton for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 5, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: peddling without a license
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
In the matter of the application of Lee Fong for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 14, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine | Carceral: violation of city ordinance
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Yvonne LeFevre, Marie LeFevre, and Georgette Normand for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 11, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: prostitution | Carceral: public charge | Institutional: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail | deported | jumped bail
In the matter of the petition of Ferdinard Marino and Carolina Beluscia Marino on behalf of Joseph Marino
- Earliest record date: December 31, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: underage military enlistment | Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of Jerome C. Corbin for the Writ of Habeas Corpus of Frank E. Corbin, a minor.
- Earliest record date: November 30, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: underage military enlistment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Ernest Hutchinson a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 1, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling trade stamps without a licence | Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Peter A. Clifford, Petitioner, vs. Herbert O. Williams and Grace E. Williams, Respondents in Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 19, 1904
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In Re: Petition of H. C. Littooy for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 4, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: practising dentistry without a license
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed | writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In Re: Petition of Ham Hung Wah by Tom Sing for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 3, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Petition withdrawn
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In Re: Application of N. T. B. Pentreath for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 30, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: unlawfully and fraudulently uttering a forged document
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In Re: Application of L.J. Urann for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 1, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In Re: Ex Parte - Turner Jackson Petitioner for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 2, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault with intent to kill
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
Ex Parte: Donald McKarrecher - Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 18, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In Re: Application of Joseph Walton for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 31, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: Barbering on Sunday
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | released on bail
In the matter of the application of Columbia George for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: February 24, 1906
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Yuzuoka Mutsu for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 18, 1910
- Petition type(s): Carceral: deportation | Carceral: prostitution | Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | deported
In the matter of the application of Nahagawal Hatsu For Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 20, 1907
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: prostitution
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Nitta Yoshitone For Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 20, 1907
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: prostitution
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Application of Mori Tsuchine For Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 29, 1906
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: prostitution
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Franklin C. Chase for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 1, 1907
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment | Carceral: fraud
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In re: Application of D. A. Hatfield for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 12, 1911
- Petition type(s): carceral: attempted escape from prison
- Petition outcome: Petition denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Louis Katz for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 29, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral: prostitution | Carceral: deportation
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Nick Mordavick, Plaintiff, vs. Joseph R. H. Jacoby, as Marshall of the above named District, Defendant
- Earliest record date: April 21, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In Re Petition of Rose Baker for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 3, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral: idleness
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Ben Wa, for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Tung Kee
- Earliest record date: July 9, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral: deportation | Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In re John Grant Lymon for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 10, 1911
- Petition type(s): Carceral: conspiracy
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application T. Toda for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 13, 1913
- Petition type(s): Carceral: Postal Theft
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Custody transferred to third party
In the Matter of the Application of Marie Miller
- Earliest record date: January 7, 1913
- Petition type(s): Carceral: prostitution | Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Deported
In Re Mac Fock v. State of Washington
- Earliest record date: July 23, 1908
- Petition type(s): Carceral: deportation
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the petition of Albert H. Young and Kamasaburo Sugiuor alias B. K. Sugiuor for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 19, 1913
- Petition type(s): carceral: Violation of White Slave Traffic Act
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Unlawful Detention of Seventy-Six Hindus.
- Earliest record date: October 8, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: public charge
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of J. A. Marcil for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 21, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral | carceral: parole violation
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
